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HHS issues updated North American flu pandemic plan

The Department of Health and Human Services on April 3 announced an updated plan for collaborating with Canada and Mexico on pandemic flu preparedness and response. Released this week during the North American Leaders Summit, the update to the initial 2007 plan builds on lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

According to HHS, the countries will collaborate on actions such as surveillance and early warning systems for disease outbreaks and epidemiological investigations of animal and pandemic flu viruses. The plan also calls for protecting critical infrastructure in a public health emergency and lays the ground work for mutual assistance during a response.

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The Mississippi Hospital Association's Office of Emergency Preparedness works to ready hospitals and their employees for all public health emergencies. Joyce Pearson serves as Program Manager. She can be reached at (800) 289-8884, (601) 368-3228 or jpearson@mhanet.org.